Free Matteo

Intro

Yeah... cold walls talkin' back

Matteo, where you at?

Verse

Woke up to the sirens, lights cuttin' through the rain

Feet on the pavement, heart poundin' like a train

Police in the rearview, no time to explain

Wrong place, wrong night, now the cuffs click the chain

They ran him down the block, cornered by the fence

Matteo on his knees, no second chance

Told the judge the story, but the story don't bend

Ten years in the system, watch the days all blend

Cell block echoes, no letters in the mail

Momma cryin' on the phone, voice startin' to fail

Dreams of the outside, but the bars never pale

Time movin' slow while the memories stale

Used to chase the city lights, now it's concrete gray

Every night the same thought, throwin' years away

Friends moved on, left him in the fray

Matteo in the dark, prayin' for a way

Chorus

Free Matteo

Free Matteo

Let him breathe again, let the story show

Free Matteo

Free Matteo

(oh-oh, oh-oh)

Verse

Wakin' up to breakfast, same tray every dawn

Regret sittin' heavy like the weight of what he drawn

No bail, no mercy, just the system drawn

Police ran him down, now the freedom gone

Kids growin' up without him, pictures on the wall

Phone calls cut short when the minutes fall

He writes in his notebook, lines about it all

How one bad decision made the whole world stall

Locked in isolation when the tension rise

Guards watchin' every move through suspicious eyes

Matteo holdin' on, but the hope gets thin

Countin' down the nights till the light come in

They said he ran too fast, said he fit the crime

But the truth got buried in the system line

Now he starin' at the ceiling, wastin' all this time

Matteo in the silence, prayin' for a sign

Chorus

Free Matteo

Free Matteo

Let him breathe again, let the story show

Free Matteo

Free Matteo

(oh-oh, oh-oh)

Outro

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